FOOD IN WAR TIME TRANSYLVANIA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

THIS STUDY AIMS TO REVEAL A PIECE OF ALIMENTATION’S HISTORY: THE FAMINE DURING THE WAR IN TRANSYLVANIA, AND IS BASED UPON SOURCES LIKE: DIARIES, LITERATURE, MEMORIES AND PRESS. AS HYPOTHESIS, WE’VE STARTED THIS RESEARCH CONSIDERING THE COMMON KNOWLEDGE THA T ANY WAR IMPLIES FAMINE FOR THE TERRITORIES AFFECTED AND THE SOURCES CONSULTED CONFIRMED THAT. TRANSYLVANIA FACED FAMINE DURING THE WAR, AND THE MILITARY IT WASN’T ONLY COMPONENT OF THE SOCIETY AFFECTED BY IT, CIVILIANS ALSO SUFFERED DEPRIVATIONS. THE SO URCES CONSULTED OFFERED US THE POSSIBILITY OF RETRIEVE SOLDIERS’ MENU. THEY WERE FEED WITH BISCUITS, BEANS AND LOW QUALITY BREAD, BUT THE REGIMENTS WERE DEFICIENTLY SUPPLIED BECAUSE SUPPLY TRUCKS WERE OFTEN ATTACKED BY THE ENEMY. WHEN FAMINE STROKED, SOLDI ERS ROBBED FARMS TO TEMPER THE HUNGER, ATE CEREALS HARVEST FROM THE FIELD OR SIMPLY STARVED. THE CIVILIANS WERE ALSO AFFECTED BY THE FAMINE BECAUSE THE AGRICULTURE FACED FAILURE DUE TO ITS DEPRIVATION OF THE MANPOWER, ROBBERIES OF THE SOLDIERS, REQUISITIONS AND SOCIAL INSTABILITY. FURTHERMORE, THE AUSTRO -HUNGARIAN EMPIRE’S ECONOMIC MEASURES LIKE REQUISITIONS, PRICE CONTROL, PROHIBITION OF MEAT AND FATS AND FUNDRAISINGS PUT IN DIFFICULTY EVERY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY. THE RESOURCES WERE REDIRECTED TO THE ARMY AND THE CIVILIANS’ MARKETS REMAINED EMPTY. THE ALIMENTS SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET WERE EXPENSIVE AND EVEN DANGEROUS SO SURVIVAL WAS TO BE SEEN ONLY IN PEACE MAKING.

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